The Flight Into Egypt
Jean François Millet · c. 1864 · Black and brown Conté crayon, with pen and black ink and traces of black pastel, over gray washes, on cream wove paper, edge-mounted on laminated woodpulp board
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
The Flight Into Egypt is a public-domain drawing by Jean François Millet, dated c. 1864. Black and brown Conté crayon, with pen and black ink and traces of black pastel, over gray washes, on cream wove paper, edge-mounted on laminated woodpulp board. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“The Flight Into Egypt” (c. 1864) makes rural labor the subject. Millet’s figures are large and grave, usually bent to the work in front of them.
About the artist
Jean-François Millet (1814–1875) painted peasants and rural labor around Barbizon. The figures are large and grave, and the work itself is the subject.
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